The skills based courses offered by ASC provide students the opportunity to learn and apply study, reading, and problem solving techniques to college level material. The courses in study skills address topics such as time management, test preparation, and listening and notetaking in the classroom. Our reading classes address techniques such as prereading, annotating and marking a reading as well as comprehension monitoring. 

PD 109 College Reading Enrichment
1 credit, offered Second Semester
This course is designed to help students improve their college reading skills through customized reading activities. Students will learn to apply effective reading strategies to their university course work. Graded Pass/Fail.

PD 110 College Reading and Study Skills
2 credits, offered First Semester
This course is designed to equip students with the tools and strategies that will enable them to become independent readers and learners. This course is open to all students, however, some students are required to take this course based on ACT scores and high school GPA. If it is a required course for a student the student must complete the course.

PD 111 Study and Reading Strategies
1 credit, offered Second Semester
This course is designed to help PASS students apply the study and reading skills they learned in PD 110. The students will develop study and reading strategies for each of the courses they are enrolled in. The instructor will monitor student's progress in each class and help the student assess the effectiveness of the study strategies that they applied to each course. Prerequisites: This course is only for PASS students that have successfully completed PD 110. Graded Pass/Fail.

For more information regarding Path to Academic Success Program (PASS): www/smumn.edu/pass